diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 00490d1..5d7bc06 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ src_libshared_mainloop_la_SOURCES = $(shared_sources) \
 if ELL
 src_libshared_ell_la_SOURCES = $(shared_sources) \
 				src/shared/io-ell.c
+src_libshared_ell_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(ELL_CFLAGS)
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += src/libshared-ell.la
 endif
 
diff --git a/Makefile.mesh b/Makefile.mesh
index 50bcc19..4de22ba 100644
--- a/Makefile.mesh
+++ b/Makefile.mesh
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ mesh_sources = mesh/mesh.h mesh/mesh.c \
 				mesh/mesh-defs.h
 libexec_PROGRAMS += mesh/meshd
 
+mesh_meshd_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(ELL_CFLAGS)
+
 mesh_meshd_SOURCES = $(mesh_sources) mesh/main.c
 
 mesh_meshd_LDADD = src/shared/ecc.lo src/shared/queue.lo src/shared/io-ell.lo \
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ mesh_btmesh_SOURCES = $(mesh_sources) \
 						mesh/agent.c \
 						mesh/btmesh.c
 
+mesh_btmesh_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(ELL_CFLAGS)
+
 mesh_btmesh_LDADD = src/shared/ecc.lo src/shared/queue.lo src/shared/io-ell.lo \
 				src/shared/util.lo src/shared/hci.lo src/shared/mgmt.lo \
 				src/libshared-mainloop.la \